COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTIONHonoring our favorite local blacksmith, this flavorful Stout is a selected mix of ten malts and five hop varieties. Imperial Stout was a key British export in the Baltic trade that elevated art and industry in Russia and England during the 18th Century. Celebrate craftsmanship and raise a glass to broader flavor horizons.

Solid imperial stout. Aroma of roasted malts and oak. Deep dark color with a nice tan head. Filling body with plenty of weight. Average carbonation. Roasted flavor with a balancing bitterness. After flavors of dark chocolate. Alcohol was well-hidden. Good representation of the style.

12 oz bottle. Tasted on 8/9/14. Beer from Beertopia. The beer pours to medium dark black color with a light tan head. The aroma has some dark fruit & chocolate, with some licorice. The taste is medium in body & has a medium complexity to it. Overall a pretty good stout.
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Bottle from trade. Pours coca cola black with an off white head that falls quickly. Alright, so this is basically a black IPA. Aroma is citrus, caramel and smoked malts, flavor follows nose. A bit of molasses tempers the grassy bitterness in the finish.

Bottle with thanks to RobertDale. Pours opaque black with a large pillowy beige head that slowly dissipates leaving picture perfect lacing on the glass. Aroma is nothing special, lots of roasted malts, coffee, ashtray, a bit of cocoa, bitter on the nose. Flavor is light sweet, medium bitter, citrus and pine hops; this one is pushing toward black IPA for sure. Roasty, with coffee and malt notes, no real chocolate in the taste. Medium light body, creamy mouthfeel, a bit chalky perhaps. Lots of lingering citrus hops. Black IPA, and a good one.

Bottle received in trade from RobertDale, thanks for the opportunity!
Pours a solid black with a decent sized creamy tan head that displays moderate retention, and minimal lace. Aromas of earthy spicy minty hops atop a base of coffee, chocolate and caramel with a touch of ethanol to round things out. The taste is solid roasted coffee, caramel, and chocolate with a huge earthy minty herbal hop flavor. Moderate hop bitterness. Medium to thick body with a light to moderate level of carbonation, and a sweet somewhat sticky and oily mouthfeel. This is an interesting imperial stout for sure. The late hop choices are certainly unconventional, but I kind of enjoyed this beer. The body might be a tad thin for an imperial but it doesn’t distract me too much.

12oz bottle, I don’t think I’d complain if this was my local stout but I wouldnt love it like I love blackout stout. your standard imperial stout, some hints of dark sweet fruit hits me, the finish is smooth and light roast/smoke.

Bottle shared thanks to iphonephan. Pours near black with a small beige head. Aroma of chocolate, roast, licorice, light coffee and toffee. Flavour is medium to heavy sweet and bitter. Full bodied with soft carbonation.

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